Amy Martin is one of the 150 newsroom employees laid off from the Los Angeles Times this week. But she’s putting a spin on that devastating news: She’s offering to help her job-seeking co-workers redesign their résumés.
Amy joined the Times in September as the Calendar design editor, and was at the Detroit Free Press for [...]
Several sources have said they believe bigger changes are afoot at The Times. Today’s announcement:
From: William Nangle
Sent: Mon 7/14/2008 9:27 AM
To: MUN Newsroom
Cc: MUN OC
Subject:
New role for 2 in Media Center
Kerry Erickson assumes the role of Night Editor at The Times effective today. Kerry is a strong newswoman who brings a wealth of experience in [...]
Los Angeles Times Publisher David Hiller announced his resignation today. The official memo:
I want to let you know that David Hiller has decided to step down as publisher of The Los Angeles Times, effective immediately. David took over as publisher in October 2006, during a difficult period for the newspaper and has performed with distinction [...]
Marketing director Theresa Badovich (and one of my favorite former co-workers) is taking over new media at The Times of Northwest Indiana, one of my alma maters. Theresa’s one of journalism’s best and brightest, to be sure, no matter what challenge is thrown her way. I can’t wait to see what she does with nwi.com.
Web [...]
It’s said that necessity breeds innovation.
During the three-month writer’s strike, Joss Whedon and Co. decided that, if they couldn’t write for others, they’d write for themselves. And produce it. And release it.
They created “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” a 40-minute, three-part super-villian musical-comedy. (Whedon fans are familiar with “Once More, With Feeling,” the musical [...]
